Month:January 2025

Samsung just recently announced the Galaxy S25 Ultra, its latest flagship smartphone that’s designed to compete with the iPhone. We did a hands-on video last week, but this week we’re back with an in-depth camera comparison. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. In this article and our accompanying video, we’ve included blind …
Continue reading Camera Comparison: iPhone 16 Pro Max vs. Galaxy S25 Ultra

There are two new speculative execution attacks that impact recent Apple chips, according to data shared today by Georgia Tech students that discovered the vulnerabilities. Named SLAP and FLOP, the two security flaws could allow an attacker to use a malicious webpage to spy on the contents of other webpages, giving attackers remote access to …
Continue reading Apple to Patch Web Browser Vulnerabilities Affecting Recent Macs, iPads and iPhones

CVS is testing a new feature that is designed to allow iPhone and Android users to unlock product cabinets to retrieve an item without the need to summon an employee, reports The Wall Street Journal (via The Verge). Many stores like CVS use locked cabinets for items that are often shoplifted, cutting down on retail …
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Apple is continuing to promote the Beats Pill speaker, today sharing a new Valentine’s Day-themed short ad that uses the cute anthropomorphized “Pill People” characters to highlight battery life. The spot features the red Beats Pill holding up a be mine sign and playing music in a Say Anything-esque scene. The white Beats Pill walks …
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Rumors about Apple’s upcoming iPhone 17 series have so far sparked a good deal of discussion regarding a potential redesign of the rear camera module. Leaks suggest the cosmetic changes could be big, but whether they would impact the iPhone camera’s existing capabilities is a question for which no-one has yet provided an adequate answer. …
Continue reading iPhone 17 Camera Redesign Rumors Conflict on Spatial Video Support

Today we’re tracking a few iPad discounts on Amazon, including the new iPad mini 7, M2 iPad Air, and M4 iPad Pro. These deals include multiple all-time low prices on Apple’s tablets, matching the prices we tracked over the holiday season in many cases. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click …
Continue reading Amazon’s New iPad Sale Has Up to $300 Off M4 iPad Pro, M2 iPad Air, and iPad Mini 7

Hundreds of unique Apple iPods that belonged to the late designer Karl Lagerfeld are being auctioned by Sotheby’s (via MacStories). Lagerfeld was a renowned German fashion designer who passed away in 2019. The auction features a range of custom iPods, including uniquely decorated models and rare first-generation devices. Each iPod is meticulously loaded with curated …
Continue reading Hundreds of Unique iPods From Karl Lagerfeld’s Collection Now on Auction

Apple this week released iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3, software updates that enable Apple Intelligence on supported devices by default. Whether you own an iPhone, iPad, Mac – or indeed all three – regardless of what you think about Apple Intelligence, there’s one reason why you may want to disable Apple’s AI …
Continue reading Save Up to 21GB of Storage Now by Disabling Apple Intelligence on iPhone, iPad, and Mac